Joe Duffy

Joe Duffy (born 1956) is an Irish radio personality.

Related Topics:
1956 - Irish

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Joe Duffy was born in Mountjoy Square, Dublin in 1956 and brought up in Ballyfermot. He went to Trinity College, Dublin in 1977 and was elected President of Trinity College Students' Union in 1979, becoming President of the Union of Students in Ireland four years later. One of the more bizzare episodes of his career involved him doing one of the readings at the Papal Mass at Galway Racetrack in 1979, along with Bishop Eamonn Casey and Father Michael Cleary. In 1984 he was jailed for two weeks after student occupation of Eastern Health Board Offices. Duffy later later became a Probation Officer in the Department of Justice.

Related Topics:
Dublin - Trinity College, Dublin - 1977 - 1979 - 1984

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Duffy is the current presenter of RTÉ's radio show LiveLine, which is broadcast on Mondays to Fridays between 13.45 and 14.45 on RTÉ Radio 1. His sympathetic manner has made him one of Ireland's best known and most popular radio presenters.

Related Topics:
RTÉ - LiveLine - RTÉ Radio 1

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~